In an age of "Call Me by Your Name" and "I'm like, so gay" Kristen Stewart, young leadg men still fear g out of the closet.
Contents:
- HOLLYWOOD’S GAY DOUBLE STANDARD: WHY SO MANY ACTRS CAN COME OUT, BUT YOUNG ACTORS STAY THE CLOSET
- IS LOLA KIRKE GAY?
HOLLYWOOD’S GAY DOUBLE STANDARD: WHY SO MANY ACTRS CAN COME OUT, BUT YOUNG ACTORS STAY THE CLOSET
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Nohels, this promisg effort will be well-received on the gay ft circu, leadg toward cent niche home-format prospects and possible limed theatril exposure. There’s never been a better time to be gay Hollywood.
“Moonlight” won Bt Picture the same year Kristen Stewart told lns of people on “Saturday Night Live” that she’s “like, so gay du. The “Roseanne” reboot has a genr-nonnformg child, and “Love, Simon, ” the first major stud film about a gay teenager, is playg 2, 402 theaters natnwi. This week livered a stark remr of the real state of affairs, when Jam Ivory gave a no-holds-barred terview The Guardian lamentg the lack of full-ontal male nudy “Call Me By Your Name, ” the gay awards film of last year, which earned the Hollywood legend his first Osr for Bt Adapted Screenplay.
“Star Trek” actor John Cho is straight, but played Billy Eichner’s boyiend “Difficult People, ” as well as the latt eratn of Sulu “Star Trek, ” who is revealed as gay the third stallment. The same logic do not apply to straight actors, like “Call Me by Your Name” stars Armie Hammer and Timothee Chalamet, for whom playg gay (albe a prtig film) actually bolstered their reers. “As a producer, as someone who’s creatg a role for TV, they’re gog to want to have their lead actor, or actrs believably play the role, ” said the talent manager, who is openly gay.
IS LOLA KIRKE GAY?
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In that se, the solutn may be to wre fewer heterosexual romanc altogether — which might not be a bad thg for actrs, straight or gay, as Hollywood attempts to reckon wh s history of sexualizg women. The problem li more heavily wh young men; there are plenty of out gay character actors and edians. Zachary Quto, Alan Cummg, and Neil Patrick Harris have ma no secret of beg gay, but they eher waed until later life to e out, or did not reach the height of their fame until later life.
You have actors for whom ’s like an open secret that they’re gay, but hasn’t hurt their reers, ” the manager said.
Greg Berlanti, who directed “Love, Simon” and is pretty much sgle-handly rponsible for the proliferatn of gay supportg characters on televisn, has been around long enough to be more optimistic. “When I would st people gay rol, there were so many nversatns about 10, 15 years ago. While this cric had rervatns about a gay nversn therapy drama om one of queer cema’s prec few edic filmmakers, Diree Akhavan’s light touch proved jt the ticket to savg her sophomore effort om skg unr the weight of s heavy subject matter.